Vinegar Cleaning

[rad14701]

GreenMTNfermenter, while you might not want to soak your still components in pure vinegar a 50/50 water and vinegar wash helps clean it... A better question would be to ask your friend why he sees it as such a bad idea and post his opinion here... Some members have used hydrochloric/muriatic acid, sulfuric acid, and others, for cleaning various components... Diluted vinegar is far safer for the home enthusiast than those more caustic and dangerous bases/acids/solvents...

[LWTCS]

GreenMTNfermenter, while you might not want to soak your still components in pure vinegar a 50/50 water and vinegar wash helps clean it... A better question would be to ask your friend why he sees it as such a bad idea and post his opinion here... Some members have used hydrochloric/muriatic acid, sulfuric acid, and others, for cleaning various components... Diluted vinegar is far safer for the home enthusiast than those more caustic and dangerous bases/acids/solvents...

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At this rate,,,,,2-3 more days and you'll have eclipsed your "local friend's" Knowledge base by an exponential margin.

[junkyard dawg]

I think one's first one or more distillations should be sacrificial anyway, unless you have very blunt taste-buds.